silverfox762

silverfox762 t1_j81o9u8 wrote

Reply to comment by Cr33py07dGuy in Russia to Cut Oil Output in Response to Western Sanctions: Russia’s deputy prime minister said the country would reduce its oil production by about 5 percent, an announcement that sent the price of oil higher by DoremusJessup

Yeah, he's right about a bunch of stuff, he's just wrong that "it's all going to fall apart in a matter of days". Things will happen negatively, in many markets, but corporate profit motive in the west and Asia will do its damnedest to find other sources of whatever products and resources, and will find ways to mitigate things... and they will largely succeed. What will happen is wealthy people and wealthy countries will continue to be wealthy and get wealthier, and everyone else will gradually increase their speed circling the drain.

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silverfox762 t1_j7gka61 wrote

Reply to comment by mpinnegar in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

An entire benchmark system by Pacific Gas and Electric. Some are just recorded using county benchmarks with PG&E surveys (which would often get you way off where they were supposed to be) or benchmarks put in by PG&E survey crews, which were just as likely to be in the wrong place according to county planning maps.

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silverfox762 t1_j7enn8z wrote

Reply to comment by PorkRindSalad in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

Doesn't work because every property corner was based on county documents and surveys or plots from established benchmarks. For instance "corner 1 is x.xxx distance at xxx.xx.xx degrees, minutes and seconds from county benchmark 17B located in the middle of y road, x.xxx distance from the northeast corner of y road and z street". Benchmark could be a nail through a washer in the asphalt, a bronze disc set in concrete, and so on. With proper instrumentation and trained surveyors, you get the point down to 1/100 of a foot (yeah, tenths of a foot and tenths of a tenth)

Edit: and we always used county or state benchmarks and NEVER used PG&E benchmarks because for some reason most of them were in the wrong place.

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silverfox762 t1_j7enih7 wrote

Reply to comment by Magnergy in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

Nope. We were a civil engineering firm, paid well, above board, and everything was plotted by and on instruments based on county records.

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silverfox762 t1_j7d4crh wrote

Reply to comment by duncan345 in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

In the 1980s in California I put a lot of 2' lengths of rebar in property corners for new subdivisions and property line disputes in the SF Bay Area. I've seen everything in old surveys from old axles to even a giant pipe wrench once.

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